1961 Nobel Prize

6

laureates

5

fields

1961

Nobel Prize

Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics

1961 Nobel Prize in Physics (1)

for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and the resulting discoveries concerning the structure of the nucleons (Phys. Rev. Lett. 5 (1960) 263–265; Phys. Rev. Lett. 6 (1961) 293–296)

Robert Hofstadter
Robert Hofstadter

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

1961 Nobel Prize in Physics (2)

for his researches concerning the resonance absorption of gamma radiation and his discovery in this connection of the effect which bears his name (the Mössbauer effect)

Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer
Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer

West GermanyWest Germany

Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

1961 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

for his research on the carbon dioxide assimilation in plants

Melvin Calvin
Melvin Calvin

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Physiology, Medicine

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

1961 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

for his discoveries of the physical mechanism of stimulation within the cochlea

Georg von Békésy
Georg von Békésy

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

1961 Nobel Prize in Literature

for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country

Ivo Andrić
Ivo Andrić

YugoslaviaYugoslavia

Peace

Nobel Peace Prize

1961 Nobel Peace Prize

for developing the United Nations into an effective and constructive international organization, capable of giving life to the principles and aims expressed in the UN Charter

Dag Hammarskjöld
Dag Hammarskjöld

SwedenSweden